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Enrollment
438
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIDNEY CITY·NCES 391000301636
Northwood Intermediate School
1152 Saint Marys Rd, Sidney, OH 45365 · (937) 497-2231 · Shelby County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Ohio public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
326 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 215 | 49% |
| Grade 4 | 223 | 51% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Sidney City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
42.0%
OH avg 59.8% . -14.5pp since 2021
Math
54.8%
OH avg 56.1% . -2.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 15 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 54.8% |
| 2023-24 | 52.7% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.2% | 57.3% |
| 2021-22 | 56.5% | 57.6% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Northwood Intermediate School
Northwood Intermediate School's state test result (51.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwood Intermediate School this school | 438 | 74.4% | 51.9% |
| Madison South Elementary School Mansfield | 486 | 79.4% | 48.9% |
| Cornerstone Elementary School Wooster | 347 | 79.5% | 51.7% |
| Anna Marie Ayers Elementary School Martins | 492 | 65.4% | 68.1% |
| Cookson Elementary School Troy | 318 | 66.4% | 70.5% |
| Heywood Elementary School Troy | 264 | 72.0% | 62.1% |
Matched among Ohio elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Northwood Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Shelby County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #646 of 673 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #1,010 of 1,569 ▼ 91 | #8 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,220 of 1,569 ▼ 109 | #8 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.7pp | #62 of 1,514 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #691 of 1,808 | #2 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #375 of 1,582 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.7% | #653 of 1,590 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.4% | #43 of 767 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #917 of 992 | #8 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
438
+13 (+3%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 684
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 438 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 74% (326) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 24 | 18.3:1 | 67% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 23 | 18.8:1 | 62% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 25 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 23 | 19.5:1 | 69% (309) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 24 | 20.4:1 | 65% (320) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 32 | 19.0:1 | 59% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 614 | 36 | 17.1:1 | 34% (210) |
| 1990-91 | 684 | 30 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwood Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (449 to 438); teachers up 22% (23 to 28).
About Northwood Intermediate School
The public elementary school Northwood Intermediate School is located in Sidney, Ohio. It offers grades 3 through 4 and has 438 students enrolled.
Sidney City runs Northwood Intermediate School along with 6 other schools, enrolling 3,149 students in total.
The share of White students at Northwood Intermediate School is 73%, a majority. Other students are 15% multiracial, 7% Black, and 3% Hispanic. That is lower than the 92% White share among all Shelby County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.
Teacher count: 28 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Ohio, 17.9:1, is higher. Roughly 74% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Shelby County is 52%.
Northwood Intermediate School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 10% of Ohio public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Northwood Intermediate School is 8.8 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 51.9% actual, 60.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Ohio.
The school is in Shelby County, where the median household earns about $73,978 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Shelby County, 22 public schools serve about 7,812 students.
Measured in a straight line, Jacket Virtual Academy is about 0.2 miles from Northwood Intermediate School. Other public schools within five miles: 6. Northwood Intermediate School comes in 3rd of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Distant.
The school's student count rose 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 15.6 students per teacher, compared with 17.0 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Northwood Intermediate School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Shelby County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,929
Census ACS
Median income
$73,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
7,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sidney City
- Sidney Middle SchoolMiddle · 840 students
- Sidney High SchoolHigh · 791 students
- Emerson Primary SchoolElementary · 340 students
- Whittier Early Childhood CenterElementary · 306 students
- Longfellow Primary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Jacket Virtual AcademyCombined · 131 students
Other schools in Sidney
- Sidney Middle SchoolMiddle · 840 students
- Sidney High SchoolHigh · 791 students
- Emerson Primary SchoolElementary · 340 students
- Whittier Early Childhood CenterElementary · 306 students
- Longfellow Primary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Fairlawn High SchoolHigh · 285 students
Nearby schools
- Jacket Virtual Academy0.2 mi · 131
- Whittier Early Childhood Center0.6 mi · 306
- Longfellow Primary School0.8 mi · 303
- Emerson Primary School1.5 mi · 340
- Sidney High School1.6 mi · 791
- Sidney Middle School1.7 mi · 840
Frequently asked questions
About Northwood Intermediate SchoolHow large is Northwood Intermediate School?
Northwood Intermediate School enrolls approximately 438 students in grades 03-04.
What age range does Northwood Intermediate School serve?
Northwood Intermediate School serves students from grade 03 through grade 04.
How many teachers does Northwood Intermediate School have?
Northwood Intermediate School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northwood Intermediate School?
At Northwood Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 3% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Northwood Intermediate School in?
Northwood Intermediate School is part of Sidney City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.